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Show .... ... 4 , . . i ... r ' r r t: ,. :t t: .t t:.j ; r.:.: o ; : ::r tv:o cf tL? t:.V.:t3 tj 1 c :t ct tl.3 ar.:. t! If r C:ir l:Vc3 Ac;i I r. 1 f;r Newr.nrket v. it-h a t:.l!:t, t! 't t:.t'.t tai to t3 deposited ia tl2 macLina ct ITe-.viuirLet tj-L:j.anctl.:r tj-L:j.anctl.:r tablet is i.sacd tllov, ;:ja return traia to Litre that station fcr Aucklar.2, aal tae electrical connection between the iwo stations raakes it ira-rosaitle ira-rosaitle to extract a tablet fron the Auckland machine ma-chine until the tablet has been put into the machine at ITewmarkt. . It ia claimed by railroad experts that under the new system two trains can not be on the same section at once, so that the danger of collisions colli-sions is entirely done away with.' Prevention of lWilroad Apcidtnts. The publication of the full report of the Interstate Inter-state Commerce commission showing a greatly increased in-creased number of deaths, and injuries by the railroad rail-road for last year over any previous year has started ' press discussion. The Philadelphia Ledger, "noting the number of deaths from trespassing on the right-, of -way 5000 says: . '; v ' "An American railway official observes that in Europe the laws prohibiting trespassing are enforced en-forced as strictly as the laws for safeguarding the public are enforced against the railroads. "Oenera-. "Oenera-. tion after generation has grown up with these notions no-tions instilled into its mind and people keep oft the tracks." The tracks, furthermore, are fenced in, and grade crossings are eliminated in certain countries, even in the countryside. There must be an approach to this "perfection of management if the great destruction de-struction of life, on American railroads is to be di- . minished." j , ' .'v' To diminish accidents by collision on railroads one of the Interstate Commerce Commissioners says ' ' V ei perfect method for a single track is the staff system sys-tem that has been used in England for forty years. "The train 'staff is a brass-bound stick of wood "given to the engineer of a train to indicate that he has the right to the road, between the stations Inscribed In-scribed on the staff, and without astaff no engineer . can leave a station." . , . Our Consul at Auckland, New Zealand, tells of a similar system known as the "tablet," adopted in - that country: "No engine driver is allowed to leave a station |